Staff Picks 2014
Introduction
The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2014 will be added here. More details of these selections may be found on the linked blog posts. For more information and a list of Staff Picks in previous years, have a look at the main Staff Picks page
If you prefer to download m4b files, all our staff picks have been converted to this format. A current list of the Staff Picks can be found on the main page of the M4B Catalog.
Suggestions for future Staff Picks on the LibriVox home page and the Internet Archive LibriVox index page are always welcome. Please post your suggestions in this thread.
LibriVox Staff Picks 2014
January 2014: Role Models
Fiction
The Autobiography of Methuselah by John Kendrick Bangs, read by Matthew Reece
Shakspere: Personal Recollections by John A. Joyce, group recording
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, read by Termin Dyan
Non-Fiction
Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey, read by R. S. Steinberg
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie, read William Tomcho
Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley, group recording
Edison: His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin, group recording
Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo, read by Sue Anderson
Drama
Henry V by William Shakespeare, drama
Poetry
The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton, read by Joshua B. Christensen
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 8728 times in January 2014.
February 2014: Together
Fiction
The Ten Foot Chain or Can Love Survive the Shackles by Various, group recording
Ulysses by James Joyce, group recording
The Dog Crusoe and His Master by R. M. Ballantyne, read by Allyson Hester
The Aliens by Murray Leinster, read by tabithat
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney, group recording
Non-Fiction
Recollections of Life in Ohio by William Cooper Howells, read by Sue Anderson
An Address to Free Colored Americans by an Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women, group recording
The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. Field, read by Alex C. Telander
Drama
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, drama
Poetry
Tales of a Wayside Inn, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, read by Peter Yearsley
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2590 times in February 2014. (But archive's counter was broken for some time in February...;-))
March 2014: Carnival
Fiction
Philo Gubb - Correspondence School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler, group recording
An Irishman's Difficulties wieth the Dutch Language by Cuey Na Gael, read by Anna Simon
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson by Anthony Trollope, read by Arnold
The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson, read by Allyson Hester
Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais, group recording
Non-Fiction
The College Freshman's Don't Book by George Fullerton Evans, group recording
Happy Dayz by A. A. Milne, group recording
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. by Washington Irving, read by James K. White
Drama
Mr. Punch's Dramatic Sequels by St. John Hankin, drama
Poetry
Laughable Lyrics, by Edward Lear, read by roeg11
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3237 times in March 2014.
April 2014: Spring
Fiction
The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton Burgess, read by John Lieder
Enchanted Castle by Hartwell James, read by Kalynda
Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, group recording
The Story of a Candy Rabbit by Laura Lee Hope, read by Cori
Our Little Japanese Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade, read by Julia Niedermaier
Non-Fiction
The Flower Garden by Ida Dandrige Bennett, group recording
Nature Near Home and Other Papers by John Burroughs, read by Edith Phern
Hannibal by Jacob Abbott, group recording
Drama
The Awakening of Spring by Frank Wedekind, drama
Poetry
Nocturne of Remembered Spring And Other Poems, by Conrad Aiken, read by Expatriate
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2943 times in Ápril 2014.
May 2014: Nerds and Geeks
Fiction
The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams, read by Roger Melin
Trilby by George Du Maurier, group recording
Card Trick by John Berryman, read by Gary Dana
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, group recording
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace, read by J. M. Smallheer
Non-Fiction
Radioactive Substances by Marie Curie, read by Availle
My Life and Work by Henry Ford, read by LivelyHive
Mozart: The Man and the Artist Revealed in His Own Words by Friedrich Kerst, group recording
Drama
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, drama
Poetry
The Recluse, by William Wordsworth, read by Andrea Fiore
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4749 times in May 2014.
June 2014: Sports
Fiction
The Game by Jack London, read by Tom Crawford
The Clicking of Cuthbert by P.G. Wodehouse, group recording
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott, group recording
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout by Victor Appleton, read by Tom Weiss
Our Little Canadian Cousin by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, group recording
Non-Fiction
A Treatise on Modern Falconry by James Campbell, read by Curt Walton
The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Frederick Milnes Edge, group recording
Football Days - Memories of the Game and the Men Behind The Ball by William Hanford Edwards, group recording
Drama
The Admirable Bashville by George Bernard Shaw, drama
Poetry
Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, fortnightly poetry
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2449 times in June 2014.
July 2014: World War I - Beginnings
Fiction
The Angels of Mons by Arthur Machen, read by R. S. Steinberg
The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett, read by Simon Evers
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service by James Driscoll, read by Tom Clifton
The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim, read by Tom Weiss
The Friendly Terrace Quartette by Harriet Lummis Smith, read by Daryl Wor
Non-Fiction
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914 - 1915 by anonymous, group recording
In the Field (1914 - 1915) by Marcel Dupont, read by FNH
Spy Proof America! by J. Francis Logan, group recording
Drama
War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth, drama; from our one-act play collection Vol. 004
Poetry
The Winnowing Fan - Poems on the Great War, by Robert Laurence Binyon, read by David Wales
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 1963 times in July 2014.
August 2014: Around The World
Fiction
A Journey From This World To the Next by Henry Fielding, group recording
A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli, read by Amy Gramour
Life In A Thousand Worlds by William Shuler Harris, group recording
The Machine That Saved the World by Murray Leinster, read by Phil Chenevert
The Smoky God or A Voyage to the Inner World by Willis George Emerson, read by JaySands
Non-Fiction
Around the World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly, read by Mary Reagan
Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens, group recording
What's Wrong With the World by G. K. Chesterton, group recording
Drama
The Way Of the World by William Congreve, drama
Poetry
First World War Centenary Poetry Collection, by Various authors, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4699 times in August 2014.
September 2014: Back to School!
Fiction
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson, group recording
The Pupil by Henry James, read by Nicholas Clifford
Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells, read by Joy Chan
Glengarry School Days by Ralph Connor, read by Bruce Pirie
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes, read by icyjumbo
Non-Fiction
The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori, group recording
What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know by John Dutton Wright, read by Rapunzelina
The English Governess At the Siamese Court by Anna H. Leonowens, read by Sibella Denton and Kristine Bekere
Drama
History Plays For the Grammar Grades by Mary Ella Lyng, drama
Poetry
A Soup of Alphabets from A - Z, by Various authors, read by Sam Stinson
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3339 times in September 2014.
October 2014: Halloween
Fiction
The Thing From the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram, read by Roger Melin
The History of the Caliph Vathek by William Beckford, read by MorganScorpion
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, read by Ethan Rampton
The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck, read by Elizabeth Klett
The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson, read by Mark Nelson
Non-Fiction
Celebrated Crimes Vol. 1 by Alexandre Dumas, group recording
The Dancing Mania by Justus Hecker, read by Martin Geeson
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, group recording
Drama
The Ghost Breaker by Charles Goddard and Paul Dicky, drama
Poetry
Emily Dickinson on Death, by Emily Dickinson, read by Libby Gohn
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4889 times in October 2014.
November 2014: Natives
Fiction
Iracema the Honey-Lips by José de Alencar, read by Leni
The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey, group recording
Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker, group recording
Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas, group recording
Our Little Korean Cousin by Henry Lee Mitchell Pike, read by Larry Wilson and Jill Engle
Non-Fiction
Among the Tibetans by Isabella L. Bird, read by Availle
The Indian To-Day by Ohiyesa (Charles A. Eastman), group recording
Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru by Frederick A. Ober, read by Patrick Eaton
Drama
The Trojan Woman by Euripides, drama
Poetry
The Fasti, by Ovid, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2173 times in November 2014.
December 2014: Introspection
Fiction
Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, read by Liz Mourant
Notes From the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, group recording
Everybody's Lonesome by Clara E. Laughlin, read by Bridget Gaige
The Little Gray Lady by Francis Hopkinson Smith, read by Carolin Ksr
The Death of Ivan Ilyitch by Leo Tolstoy, read by Laurie Anne Walden
Non-Fiction
Pensées by Blaise Pascal, read by dexter
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting one's Reason and of Seeking Truth by René Descartes, group recording
The Untroubled Mind by Herbert J. Hall, read by Carol Box
Drama
The Symposium by Plato, dramatic reading
Poetry
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam, bilingual group recording (in Persian and English)
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 7279 times in December 2014.
